The Journal of family practice
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Manage uncomplicated cases following guidelines on medical therapy and with adjunctive psychotherapy. Refer complicated and severe cases to Psychiatry.
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A stepped approach to management using these communication tips and coping strategies can help decrease the stigma of generalized anxiety disorder and increase patients' sense of ownership in their care.
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After participating in this activity on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), family physicians will be better able to: Identify symptomatic patients at increased risk of COPD to prompt early diagnostic evaluation. Individualize evidence-based therapy with the goal of reducing COPD exacerbations and improving patient outcomes. Identify the role of fixed triple-combination inhalers as part of individualized therapy.
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A large RCT in a primary care setting comparing bedtime to upon-waking administration of antihypertensives answers the question.